Head-rest for beds.



A. G. NOBLE.

HEAD BEST FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAlLll, 1912.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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HEAD-BEST FOR BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14:, 1914.

Application filed March 11, 1912. Serial No. 682,931.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALANSON C. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Head-Rests for Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a head rest attachment designed, primarily, to be attachable to the iron bed-steads ordinarily used in hospitals and sick rooms.

The objects of the invention are to attain the results sought in the construction set forth in Letters Patent of the United States granted John G. Ryan, J an. 17, 1911, numbered 981,691, by a simple construction comprising few parts, easily understood and.

applied to an ordinary iron bed-stead by a person not particularly skilled in the art; to obtain a device of the character described which will be durable, not liable to break or get out of order, and operative by a woman, nurse, or even by a person in the bed to which it is attached.

To those skilled in the art it is known that iron bed-steads used in hospitals and other like places frequently become warped or out of alinement, and a further object of this invention is to obtain a device which can be attached to such a bed-stead and made to work or operate easily.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the head end of one side of a bedstead and of a device embodying this invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the bed-stead on line 22 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows, showing the device embodying the invention in front elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation viewed from the opposite side of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective of a section of a side rail of a bed-stead showing a bracket forming an element of the device attached thereto. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of a spirally slotted disk and hand Wheel forming an element of the device. Fig. 8 is an elevation of a bracket and operating lever pivoted thereon forming elements of the device embodying this invention, and Fig. 9 is a section on line 99 of Fig. 8, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 6).

A, A, represent the side rails of an iron bed-stead. a. (Fig. 1) represents a portion of a leg, and a, a portion of the head frame of said bed-stead.

B is a bracket. Bracket B is provided with a flange (b) which rests on the rail A and with a journal bearing (6).

C is an'angle iron and D, D, are bolts which clamp bracket B and angle iron C firmly to the rail A.

E is a bracket which is provided with a flange e, and is secured to the rail A by means of an angle iron 0 and bolts D, in the same way as brackets B are secured, (see Bracket E is provided with the hooked end 6 by means of which one end of the spring F is attached thereto.

G is a lever which is fulcrumed on pin H. Pin H is rigidly secured in bracket B. Part 9 of lever G is in a substantially horizontal plane when the head rest portion of the device is attached thereto and down. The head rest portion of the device is underneath the mattress of the bed to which the device is attached, and over the springs of said bed. hen the head rest portion of the device is down the part g of lever G is in a substantially vertical position, with spring F attached to the lower end thereof and under the greatest tension to which it is subjected.

I is a head or enlarged end of lever G, and I are broken lines indicating an aperture or hole in said head, in which hole the end of frame J which is lettered 7' is inserted and secured by set screw 2'.

J is a rod from one side of frame J to the other side thereof.

K is a disk provided with spiral groove 70 on one side and with hub 72. Hub is is rotatably mounted in bearing 2).

K is a hand wheel which is shown connected to disk K by arms 76, which arms are integral with said disk and wheel.

K is a rectangular hole which extends longitudinally through the hub 70 and through the disk K.

L is a collar which fits on hub 73, and Z is a set screw which fits into a correspondingly threaded hole in boss L.

M is a rod which is shown as rectangular in cross section and which fits in the rectangular hole I in disk K and hub is.

Hub is is provided with a hole in which the set screw Z fits loosely, so that when the set screw is turned tightly into place it fits against rectangular rod M, and the collar L are inserted in said hubs.

N is a pin in lever G and a is a roller on pin N. Roller n fits into groove 70 on disk K.

The turning of hand Wheel K anddisk K turns lever G on its pivot and frame J is thereby moved. FrameJ may be moved, (by means of said hand Wheel, disk and lever), from a horizontal position to an angle of about 85 degrees.

P, P, are canvas strips which extend from from one side of the bedstead to the other, Frame J, rod J and canvas strips P extend from one side of the bedstead to the other,

and the mattress of the bed is laid on said frame, rod and canvas strips.

In placing the device on a bed-stead one of the brackets B is secured in place on rail A (or A) and the other is placed loosely on the other side rail of the bed-stead. Hand Wheel K and disk K Which are journaled on the secured bracket 13 is turned and the other one is slid on the rail (A or A) until by the turning of said hand Wheel it is seen 'Ithat it is properly positioned, When it is secured firmly in place. The frame J is then secured in place in lever G and the mattress is laid on said frame. The rod J is rigidly attached to frame J at one of its ends only. The function of rod J is merely to present a rigid support to the mattress of the bed. 7

The use of this device is not confined to an iron bed-stead, although the description has been confined closely thereto as the bracket B may be attached to the slde rails of the seat frame of a large chair, and the frame F may constitute the back of said seat frame.

I claim The combination of brackets, means to attach said brackets to the side rails of a frame, journal bearings in said brackets and lever fulcrums rigidly securedto said brackets, disks respectively provided With a spiral groove on one side thereof, hubs on said disks, said hubs fitting in said journal bearings and respectively provided With a hole 7 therethrough, a rod fitting in the holes of the hubs, collars on said hubs, means to secure said collars on said hubs and to secure the ALANSON C. NOBLE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES TURNER BROWN, C. A. ADAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of .Patents,

. Washington, C. 

